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THE WEATHER FORECAST.;1r to-dav and nrobablv to-morrow: rislnef4lr cmPcraturc to-morrow; variable.itfrt&L Detailed weather reports will be found on page 13.VOL. LXXIX. NO. 176.NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1912. Cnpfriiiht, 1012, hy Mr .Sim 1'rlnttng end Publishing Aeanclalion,PRICE TWO CENTS.NOW COL ROOSEVELT'SSTRIPPED TO THE BUFFHut Ills Speech Chilled Manyof tho ProgressiveLenders.COOKED HIS OWN OOOSE?) Gloom Anions Those of HI Friends WhoWon't Stand for Herall orCourt Decisions.Washington, Feb. 2?. Col. Roosevelt'sremark Inst night In Cleveland. "My hath in the ring." was supplemented hereto-day by another statement attributedto the Colonel. Ono of the Washingtontalesmen who recently Journeyed to theluWA- office has told his friends that theI'elonel greeted him with this statement,emphatically banging the desk:"Well, the fight Li on: I am stripped tothe buff" Although thero is absolutelyno longer any doubt that the Colonel hasrntcred the fight, it 1 a Rignltleant factthat Mr. Koosevelt'B friends and supporters in Washington are alow to indorsethe radical speech delivered by him atColumbus. Theie ha in fnct sprung upamong the progressives in Congress aitrong opposition to Mr. Roosevelt'sutterances on the recall of tho judiciary,and the progressive Hepublicans to-night' cre more despondent over the outlookthan they have been at any time sinceSenator m Follette broke down at thoPhiladelphia banquet..Several of these progressives, who upto this time have insisted that Rooseveltwill sweep the country, now acknowledgethat he has committed political harakiri by his advocacy of the extraordinaryproportion of applying tho recall tnjudici.il decisions. The gloom of theinsurgents stands in marked contrast tothe joy in the camp of the Republicanregulars over Itoosevelt' speech."Col. Roosevelt's speech," said one ofthe well known progressive leaders inCongress and a Itoosevelt supporter,"nuv give hi candidacy renewed Impetustw sixty days, but 1 apprehend that thoreaction will prove too much. It will boa weight attached to lilt neck and this withthe third term argument will be too mucheven for him to carry "This Republican added that while the-eop'e of America favor progress theyire conservatively progressive and be'ien only in sane and well consideredform. Ho did not regard Col. Roose--vlt'padvocucy of tho recall of judicialdecisions aa representative of sane,progress. He declared further that theColonel's proposition was absolutely impracticable, that even the Colonel witha doen stenographers would be unable'o draft n law that would eTectively coverthe H)int of hi Columbus utterancesnth" judiciary recall,Senator Cummins of Iowa, who is hlm--olfa candidate for tho Republican nominal ion and is a thorough progressive,as quoted by Senators as having declared that Col. Roosevelt's Columbusipeech makes the simon pure progressives look like standpat reactionaries.Senitor Cummins does not agree with'he Colonel on some of his propositionsand is fcaid to be unwilling to go to thelengths advocated by the ex-President.Penator Borah, who is a progressivewith conservative leanings, but who Is aarm admirer of Roosevelt, obviouslywa dissatisfied with tho speech. Hedeclined to discuss it, but finally said:"There are parts of the speech whichI think very htrong und present In a-owerful way the questions treated,hut you know I utterly disagree with thoiropoitlon of the recall of judges nudI utterly disagree with the proposition4 a presented by Col. Roosevelt as to the'eea'l of judicial decisions. "i Senators Bristow and Clapp, whose'leanings are more radical, indorse thoKoonvelt speech, but even tle more radi'il of the progressives acknowledge thattli- Colonel's utterances are distastefulo ll,e lawyers among tho Republican In'irgrnts nud that it may take considerable time to bring tluiin arouiid to n sup!rt of the Itoosevelt propugatiila.there was u noticeable disinclination'ii ihe part of th Republican insurgentin the House to express nny puhlio opluin" on the Roosovolt speech ns u' wholo.M'Pirently the Washington statesmen'l"nre to let the sjieech tank in und getsoiii ido,i of its effect upon the countryc"ie committing thembelvei absolutely,Pn'pte.entatlv Norrls of Nebraska wasof the lew progres-tlves, however,Tho eie ready to indorse tho RooM)veltire h in jm entirety."' ot ltno-.evet' t-poech was an able,!e.ir pieenWition of present day condi' u nud the remedies for the evils inie,ein day politics," declared Repre' alive Xorris. "Tho speech distinctlyi-Mke-. col Rootevclt available ns. h. enniiid.it lor the Presidency and should' in mm tho support of true progres-'"-e-eiitative Lindbergh or Minne" no si.endb nearly ull his time chasHe ncney devil, declaied that theHof.evtlt -,;,eeeli wu ft confession ofn the principles for which the prol' es have been fighting for years,t I Roosevelt." said Mr. Lindbergh,' tn cd the right side of problems thatbeen trying to solve and placedii' I n the front rank of the progressive""rmont (ol, Roosevelt Is now the' hi progressive candidate for theI re. iIpiiov "'ili-fiuor i-lth which the Roosevelti leyiirded by e. good many of thei iiHMviitivo progressives was in1 "y Mi" statement of a well knownp who was iiuoted as saying thatll.'l I'll I. ..et,'i' h speei h made a man feel like goingai i0 the mountains for a long rest.I i-i whet tlie disgruntled progressivesi, &re noun; to io about It, however, is un-'"itii-i Their present disposition seems0 ill' M Mllnrmfl 1l-u,".nl m.np,!!,,'"f.ni.e )ie ih their only hopo, but at the-' 1 1. in to combat some of the more"HrJicBi propositions that ho advocates.'h"v .lcknowledge that a halfheartedandMiacy 0f this character will get no"hero i the end, but they add that theyfrmiinurd on Fourth Page.MRS. UPJOHN MARRIES AGAIN.Weds Young Conner of Metuchen FourDays After Getting Dhoree.Metuchkn, N. J Feb. 22,-Mrs. DudleyTyng Upjohn of Metuolien, formerly MissMarj Morton PIckslay of Brooklyn, whogot a divorce in Reno on February 17, wanmarriod yesterday in Han Francisco toFrancis II. Connor, the twenty-yenr-oldson of John M. Conner of Metuchen, according to word that reached here to-day.Mrs. Upjohn become acquainted withyoung Conner three yearn ago when sheand her husband, as well as Conner, weresinging In tho veeted choir of St. Luke'sProtestant Episcopal Cliuroh In this town.In October, 1910, Mr. Upjohn left his wife.Last June John M. Conner, who is a retired hat manufacturer, had a disagreement with his son which resulted in theyoung man's arrest on a charge of atrocious assault. The son made a countercharge, but neither man wua indicted.Since then John M. Conner has been livingwith the Rev. John F. Fenton, pastor ofSt. Luke's, and tho young man has beenwith his mother, who apparently took Hside In the quarrel.Soon after the elder Conner left hishome Mrs. Upjohn went to Reno. Inher divorco suit she charged her husbandwith desertion. Mr. Upjohn is a son ofthe church architect. Richard M. Upjohn.He married Miss Plokslay in Brooklyn in1801.The newly married Mrs. Conner owns ahouse in Metuchen wh'.oh she built on atwenty acre plot that she bought fromJohn M. Conner. It is believed that shois coming back to Metuchen to live.Mrs. Francis II. Conner's father washead of the firm of Picksley A Co., diamond merchants, of 570 Fifth avenue,New York.BIG BLAZE ON THE G0WANUS.Five Alarm Fire Causes .100,000 DamageIn Koutli Ilrooklyn.Fire fanned by a gale last night destroyed the plant of the Barrett Manufacturing Company, a roofing concern, atthe foot of Smith street, Brooklyn, crossedto tho feed warehouse of the S. W. BownoCompany to the north and on the otherside of the street and gave the fire fighterswho answered five alarms a lot of anxietyfor awhile.The roofing company's property runsdown to the Clowanus Canal and occupiestwo blocks. Watchman John Regan andPoliceman Wagner discovered tho fireon tho ground floor of the two story brickbuilding on Halleck street and Courtstreet.By tho titn they had sent in the firstalarm tho .wind had sent the flamesthrough the building. Chief Ially sentin three more nlarms. These, broughtIChief Kenlon on the sprint from Manhattan, and he, sent In the fifth alarm. Thfire was in the heart of n district full offactories and chemical works.Wagner and Regan had run to the company's stables and got out fifty horses before the first apparatus came. FiremanMichael Drennan of Engine Company103 was hit by a flying timber. He waspatched up by an ambulance surgeonand went lck to work.Tl. i . x , ,ii will l in til Ui injrtntutj . tuuuu wmnThe Iceboats Now porker, ophor , youngsters, and reUs und Seth Low had come up the." . r i jiMills und Seth Low had come up theGowanus Creek and were throwing theirstreams on the fire, which jumped Smithstreet and swept over the two story warehouce building that lies to the north.Behind this building there is a. clear ,open space, and this stopped furtherprogress of the flames. The fire causedabout tSOO.OnO damage and the flamesfrom it could be seen all over that partof Brooklyn.Isaao D. Fletcher Is president of theBarrett Manufacturing Company, whichhas an office ut 17 Battery pluco.KILLED VHEN CAR HIT AUTO.Wealth) Farmer on a Visit Thrown FromMr. Woolverton's Machine.William Thompson, a wealthy farmerand lumlier dealer of Lemon t', Centrecounty, Ph., was thrown from the automobile of Wlllluin A. Woolvorton of 180West Fifty-ninth street, whose gtiest heund his wife were, at Twenty-fourth streetand Eighth avenue yesterday afternoon,and died from u fractured skull in thoNewYork Hospital two hours later. The carwas driven by tho chauffeur, AndrewAnderson of I?5 West Sixty-ninth street.Mr. Woolverton, who is president oftho Now York Transfer Company-Dodd'sExpress, was taking Mr. and Mrs. Thompson out in the machlno on a sightseeingtour of the city. After luncheon atberry's they were on their way homo.As 'the car, coming up Eighth avenue,swung east to Twenty-fourth street anorthbound Eighth nvenuo surface carstruck tho machino squarely on its sideand hurled Mr. Thompson fully twentyfeot up Twenty-fourth street.Mr. Wcolverton und Mrs. Thompsonwere thrown against the front of tho carand wore much shaken up but not seriously hurt. They both jumped out andstaggered to Mr. Thompson, lying groaning in the street. A pitliceman summonednn ambulance from tho New York Hospital and Dr. Kutel hurried Mr. Thompson away. Mr. Woolverton and Mrs.Thompson gat in a taxicab and hurriedto tho hospital after tlJe ambulance.The machine was smashed beyondrepair. Botli its rear wheels were strippedfrom their avle and the hood was tornoff and hurled near the spot where Mr.Thompson landed. The front of tho surface car was badly damaged. Neitherthe motorman nor the conductor wasarrested.Mr. Thompson and Mr. Woolvertonhad been friends for many years andevery year or so one would visit the other.This winter it was the turn of the furmorto visit his city friend.Mr. Thompson's body was taken toPennsylvania last night.Chinese" abator falls.Tom (iuiin Takes 100 Foot Tumble atOakland, Cal Aviation firnunds.Oakland, Cal,, Feb, 22. Tom Ounn, aChinese aviator, is thought to lie fatallyInjured ns the result of an aeroplaneaccident that occurred in the flying fieldhero to-dav. He fell ion feet, landing20D feel inside the grounds, on the pumping station. He Is believed to bo dyingat a nearby hospital,Six aviators have met death In aeroplane uccldonts during tho present year.Altogether 110 men liave ben killed ingliders and power driven machines.AII-ANTHUOANl I. INKrLORinA-Al'tfl'STA-CUllA -MOUTHAll Slwl Klrotrlo Lljhtrd Pullmans. 4 TralnaDally via stanuara ny. oi aouin, i:is u way, Adt.POISON KILLS EIGHTBABIES IN NURSERYAllDied Since Sunday Morningand Four MoreAre 111.MAYBE OXALIC ACID IN MILKDetectives Question Woman Nurse InBrooklyn Nursery and InfantsHospital.Eight children, the oldest 10 months,have ilied in tho Brooklyn Nursery andInfants Hospital since Sunday and thedoctors are convinced that they weropoisoned. Four children are ill. Thedoctor believe that they ore sufferinglrom the eft cots of poison. All of thebailies were in one ward and there areonly four children who were In the wardwho have not shown symptoms of havingbeen poisoned. The doctors beliove thatoxalic acid mixed with lime water andmilk killed the eight und laid up the fourother. Hut they are unable to explainwhy all the children in the ward if notIn the whole institution were not madesick if thero was a general distributionof the poisoned milk.In nn effort to find out if the killingswere tho result of carelessness or a deliberate attempt to wipe out the infantsin the institution there were thirty inthe hospital alone detectives questionednurses, attendants und others until latelast evening, finally deciding that theydid not have enouuh evldvnco to warrantan arrest. There were certain bits ofevidence which they considered us suspicious, but they concluded not to takesteps until u chemist had made an analysisof the contents of tho stomachs of twoof the dead children. Coroner's PhysicianWuest, who made tho uuloisies on thetwo bodies, snid that tho infants hadbeen hilled by an irritant poison, but hecould not determine the exact poison.Foltowing this the detectives closely questioned a woman attendant who hadbought oxalic acid for the hospital, butevidently they were satisfied with herexplanation.The hospital, which is a soipi-puhllcinstitution, is at 401 Herkimer street, nearAlbany avenue. There are separate buildings for the hospital and the nursery.In the nursery are about too babies, butnot all of them were made sick, althoughthey took the milk us it was prepared inthe hospital. In the hospital on Sundaywere about thirty infants, the youngestof .them being in one ward. Two babieswho were in this ward were tnken ill onSaturday morning and they were removedto a ward in which there were alxiut-fifteen-or elxten older babies: and inwhich the deaths have since occurred.On the satno day three babies wero takeninuvm 1U taillilliei MUb ui tin- uujiuius.They are not ill.One of tho two who were ill died onSunday afternoon. The other died shortlyafter midnight. Each had convulsions.j.jypryhlng pointed to meningitis, accordfni? to the doctors. l)r. Herbert I;. Allen.tho house physician, was sure that oneot the babies hudtlied of tubercular meningitis und the other of meningitis, the latterthe result of the breaking of u tumor onthe neck. He mado out the death certificates accordingly und the children wereburled.But later on Monday two other infantsdied and there were signs of illness allthrough the ward in which they were.There was very slight difference in thoDines of tho two children who died onSunday and Monday. In each cose thechildren had convulsions and death camesuddenly and unexpectedly. The circumstances were so similar that l'r. Allencommunicated with Dr. E. Rodney Fluke,the visiting physician, On Tuesday therewere two more deaths. There was another on Wednesday, and last eveningthe eighth death occurred.It was not until Wednesday that Coroner Olennnn was notified. He went tothe hospital yesterday and then the policefirst heard of what hud beon going on.Coroner's Physician Wuest, who mudethe autopsies yesterday, said he hadfound traces, of an irritant poison in thestomachs. He was unable to say whatthe poison was, but conditions which hoalso found suggested to him that thoinfant might have had stomach trouble.Tho tongues wore swollen and the Hpsparched. Dr. Wuest said thnt until thechemist hod made his examination hedid not caro to make a definite statementus to what caused the deaths.Both Dr. Flslte und Dr. Allen said thatthey, had every reason to beliove thatthe children had beon poisoned. To helpout the dotoctlvos, Copt. Coughlln andLieuU. MoKlrdy, Thompson and Roddy,they hod tests made in the hospital yesterday of the moditicd milk which isgiven to infante, praotioally their solediet, and or the medicines which mayhave been furnished to them,Among those questioned by the detectives were Dr. Fisko, Dr. Allen, MissLoulso Howard, who is the superintendentof the hospital and head nurse, and Winifred Ankers, who has been an attendantIn the hospital since she came there lastJune with a buby boy. The dootors assured the detectives that if tho childrenhad died from a eontuglous disease itwas ono of which they had, never heard.At first it was thought that the lips andmouths of the children had beon burnedns if by an acid, but the doctors said thatthey were parched. If tho childrenhad had a very high fever, the dootorssaid, they would not have been surprisedat tho condition of the lips and mouths,but none of tho children had very unusual temperatures, Nor had any ofthem been 111 very long, The baby thatdied last night had boon ulllng slnoeMonday, and others for two days, butseveral of them died within a few hoursof showing symptoms of severe illness.The detectives were much interestedIn the history of Winifred Ankers, especially since she has been in tho hospital,They learnod that she was very devotedto her baby. It played in Its mother'snrms all through yesterday's excitement,Continutd on Fourth Page,MILES FINDS BROTHER DYING.tlcneral Hushes Auto Home, but MtrlrkrnMan Dies on Way.Washington, Feb, 22. While Lieut,Clen. Nelson A. Miles, retired, was ridingby Wayette Park early this evening Inan automobile he noticed a crowd In thosquare. Stopping his automobile he Inquired what the trouble was and was informed that a man had fainted and apparently was dying, flen. Miles offeredhis services and was shocked to find thattho man on the ground Was his brother,Daniel C. Miles of Westminster, Mass.With the assistance of ono or two othersGen, Miles carried his brother to tho automobile and then hurried to his own apartment In tho Rochambcau apartment house,two blocks away. The General's brotherwns dead when the machine arrived at theapartment house, having passed nwayIn the journey there.Mr, Miles was 85 years old and had beensuffering lrom heart disease. He was aretired merchant of Westminster. Hehad arrived in Washington about threeweeks ago to visit the General nnd hadbeen stopping with him at his apartments.Mr. Miles, the General and the General'sson, Hrst I.leut, Sherman Miles of theThird Field Artillery, had spent some timethis afternoon at the Chefs Club playingthe same, of which the General and hisbrother were verv fond. Ho left the clubbefore the General and his son andstarted to walk to the Rochambeau. Hewas stricken on the way.Mr. Miles was u widower. Ho is survived by three sons, Arthur, Herbert undGeorge of Montana, nnd a daughter, Mts.Jesse Parker of Pasadena, Cal.OBEYS THE POPE; IS DISGRACED.Slapped Koiiuii Count Gives I'p UntilClubs Will Kxpel Htm..1prrl.il Wtttlrtt l)eip,ilth to Thk SfK,IIomr, via Glace Itey, Feb. 22, Theexpected duel between Count I'eccl,nephew of the lute Pope Leo XIII, andcommander of the Papal PalatineGuard, and Prlnco Altlerl Is on. Theduel has been averted through the efforts of the Pope, who used all his Intluence with Count Peccl. The Countdecided to obey the Pnpnl command undnot curry out his Intention of challenging the Prince. Ills seconds tookthe mntter up finally and offered totight Prince Altlerl, who declined, bowever, to acept their challengePrince Altlerl writes to the newspapers thnt Count Peccl Insulted thomemory of his (the Prince's) fatherand that, this conduct Justified him inslapping Peccl's face. Prince Altlerlsays that Count Peccl has now lostright of seeking satisfaction as hefailed to challenge within three daysafter he had been slapped.Count Peccl is likely to be expelledby all his clubs. He will probablyresign also his command of the PapalGuard. ,BARS CHURCH LAW IN CANADA.Court Rides Ne Teiuerr Decrees Do NotAffect Marriage.Montreal, Quebec, Feb, 22. The marriage of Eugene Hebert and Dame E.Clouatre. two Catholics, performed inMontreal by a Methodist minister, wasdeclared valid and binding to-day byJustice Charbonneau of the SuperiorCourt in one of tho most important, mostcomplete and most sweeping judgmentsever delivered in Canada on the questionof the status of tho ecclesiastical law ofthe Roman Catholic Church.Tlie judgment excludes from the consideration of Canadian courts not onlythe Ne Temero decree, but virtually allother ecclesiastical legislation. It laysdown tho principle that the essence ofmarriage is the consent of the partiesand that the sacrament is "simply a formwhich gives to it its seal of solemnity."The justice declares the decision of anecclesiastical tribunal, t.uch as thnt whichfirst declared the Hebert marriage null,to be of absolutely no interest in anycourt. He rules that the Ne Temeredecree possesses spiritual obligationsonly and does not affect in uny way thelegality of a marriage.No doubt is entertained that the decision will be appealed to the Privy Council. It has creaied profound consternation among Roman Catholics throughout the Dominion.LAWYER BAKER BROUGHT BACK.Found In Baltimore. He Must HtandTrial for Alleged $23,000 Theft.Francis R. Baker, a patent attorney,who was arrested on March 20 lost chargedwith the larceny of 125,000 worth of securities lielonging to the heirs of the lateMrs. Mary Rrlnkley Stewart, waa broughtto New York yesterday from Baltimoreby agents of the National Surety Company, which hud been on his 115.000 ballbond. His case was called for trial lastMonday in (lenorul Sessions, but Bakerdid not upH'ur Tlie surety companywas given ono week to produce him before the liall was forfeited. Tho agentsof tho company found Baker in Baltimore at tho Hotel Belvidere on Tuesday and last night he was locked up intho West Thirtieth street station.Mrs. Stewart, who waa the granddaughter 01 i;ommo(iore ntewan uia ironsides died in Newark in August, 1907.She left her VW.caa estate to be dividedamong four children. A daughter. Elizabeth Stowart, won named aa executrix.Some time after that, it is charged, Bakergot possession of the securities. MitaStowart told the Grand Jury that he hadpromised to marry her after he divorcedhie wife. She said he induced her todeposit tho securities in a vault to whichho had a duplicate key and then tookout the misslnir ones and sold them.When the other children brought suitto nave Miss HI o wart removed ae executrix it waa discovered that 125,000 worthor securities nad disappeared.LOSES $50,000 IN JEWELS.Han Franrlsco Woman's Ornaments HtolenFrom Her Apartment.San Fhancisco, Feb. 22. Diamondsand pearls valued at S50.000 were stolenfrom Mrs. Eugene de Hub) a at her apartments in a hotel here yesterday. Thejewels had been worn to the annual MardlGras ball at tho same hotel and had beenleft on a chiffonier by Mrs. do Babla whenalio retired, Her husband, entering thoroom an hour after sho had retired, discovered the theft, which did not booomeknown publicly until to-night.MAlXLARDti VANILLA CHOCOLATEIs tho bitit tar tome of the rooal delicate dtaaertn. It Ii used by cbtfs at teadlui bolcli.Ad:MUNICIPAL LODGERINHERITS A FORTUNEIlirschbcrg Peeled Potatoes TillHe Heard of 8100,000 Estate Left to Him.WORKED AS CITY SLAVEYNow He's Got a Heal Job nnd Will SoonClulin Hla Inheritance InIho South.After spending two weeks as a guestof the city at the Municipal Lodging Houseon First avenue Leopold Hirschberg,formerly a bookkeeper for a Fifth avenuedressmaker's shop, learned from his wifeon Tuesday that his father had died andleft him real estate in Alabama amounting in value to between 175,000 and $100,000,He took his departure nt once from theMunicipal Lodging House and is nowworking In a millinery Btoru on Ninthnvehue trying to save enough moneyto pay his fare South so tlmt he can claimhis inheritance.On February 7 Hirschberg appearedat the lodging house for the first time.His clothes were in fair condition, but hesaid be was down and out, and asked to 1kfed nnd lodged. The city only 'keepsguests at the lodging house for three daysin one month, but after his time had runout Hirschberg asked Chief Clerk Icslieto let him stay longer.Supt. xorke made an arrangement thatHirschberg could stay us long oh he wantedif be would work around the kitchen,scrub floors and do other stunts.When lie registered he said that he wanfrom Alabama, und was :so years old.Asked for a reference, he said that Mrs.Rose of 509 Fifth avenue knew himOn the afternoon of the 1Mb ho vanat. work peeling potatoes when Uuto camna telephone call in u woman's voice forhim. The woman was asked to call upthat evening when Hirschberg would beat liberty. Instead of phoning ngalnthe woman came to the lodging house inan automobile. She was Mrs. R. Rose,who has a shop at 500 Fifth avenue. Herdaughter was with her and after a shorttalk with Hirschberg they left. The nextday Hirschberg left.On the afternoon of the 20th Mrs. Hirschberg Hirschberg is married and has onochild called. She was told that herhusband's bed had not been slept in thenight before.Mrs. Rose said last night that she hademployed Hirschberg as a bookkeeper forfive years. He came of a Southernfamily, she said, and was a college bredman. 1"He was' very well educated," she said."I employed him at $18 a week, but he wasdissipated, and that is what caused uquarrel between hjmself and his wifo.His bad habits kept him from regularwork, ho I discharged him. I gueis he wasashamed tn come and ask for moneythen, and was afraid to go home to hiswife. That is why he went to the Municipal Lodging House."On Monday his wife got a letter, addressed to him. from a firm of lawyersIn the South. Mrs. Hlrschtwrg lives at 288St. Nicholas avenue. The letter suid thathis father haj died and had left him allhis money. The letter said that the estatewould bo between $75,000 and $100,000.Mrs. Hirschberg came to see if I had anyideu where he might be. I nad, and wotraced him."Mrs. Rose got Hirschberg his presentplace on Ninth avenue and he is savingup railroad fare to go to Alabama.JOHN D. TO BE A FIREMAN.Sleepy Hollow Hour Company Will MakeHim an Honorary Member.TAnBTTOWN, Feb. 22. If tho plans ofsome of the members of Columbia HoseCompany are curried out John D. Rockefeller will be elected an honorary memberin appreciation of his gift of $700 to complete the amount needed for a new autofire engine. The check arrived to-day.The company is located in Sleepy Hollow,adjoining Mr. Rockefeller's estate.Columbia Hose is known us Mr. Rockefeller's company and it has been tryingfor several years to get an automobileapparatus. First it got $2,500 from thetaxpayers. This was found insufficientand last year $2,000 more was voted.When the company decided on its ohoicoit was still $1,000 short.The company raised $300 in small subscriptions and then told their troublesto Mr. Rockefeller, who said: "You goback home and I'll see if I can't think upa way to help you out ,"Tho check was accompanied by a notefrom Mr. Rockefoller in which he wrotethat he would like to ride on the machineonce just to experience the sensation of afireman going to u fire. The company isa unit in saying that Mr. Rockefeller isgoing to get that ride.LOST P. 0. CLERK WENT TO SEA.Wished He Hadn't and Had a TrulyMiserable Time In the Blow.Robert A. Tobler of 1302 Boston road, aclerk in the Post Office whose absenceafter he had gone to deliver a bag ofmail to the steamship Olymplo on Wednesday noon caused the Post Office people tonotify the police on Wednesday night,appeared at the Post Office early yesterday morning. He had had to get off theOlvmDlo with the Dllot.Foreman Thomas Dwver sent Toblerfrom the Grand Central Station with awagon containing forty bags of mail for.tlie uiympio. jne wagon come bockwithout Tobler and tho driver couldn'ttell what had happened to the deliveryclerk. After a while tho Post Officepeople began to get worried.It seems that while tho clerk was belowgetting a receipt fpr Ills mall from Diesea. post cierH inn uiympio nua Hiippeaout into the river and was heading downstreaiA. Tobler expected to get off atQuarantine, but tlie roughness of thesea maae it impossible, aa no discoveredafter trying to hop aboard a rooking skiffSo he went on down tlie bay and gotseasick and had a most miserable timealtogether, especially after they let himleave with the pilot. Ho waa too ill tobother about letting the Post Office knowwhere no waa until long after midnight.SLEUTHS NAB SUBWAY SMOKERS. !Summonses Served on Scores Who LitUp Too Soon Spltters Too.Twenty-flvo detectives under PoliceLieut. Joseph A. Qultln went down Intotho Hubway on the trull of smokersln Ihodepths and other ordinance violators aftermidnight this morning. There weresleuths nt all the express stations whohanded out summonses to appear In courtin the morning to unwary spltters orpremature sinokors.Two detectives at the entrmoe to thoBrooklyn Bridge station gave awayfourteen summonses to those who emergedwith lighted cigars or cigarettes. Theytried to give a eummons to one man whowas Just ubout to light his cigar, butupon his demand to be shown JUBt wheroin tho penal codo the carrying of unlightedsmokoblcs is set down as an offence, theyhad to back down.Altogether the smokers returning homewith holiday cigars made a good catchall over the city.CUT HER HAIR IN HER SLEEP.Girl After Ilrcam Finds Her TressesShorn and Stowed In Teapot.Madiron, Wis., Feb. 22. MnrgueritoHunley, a Portage freshman ut the Stuteuniversity, awoke this morning to findthat her tresses had lieen shorn in thenight. The university authorities lelleve that the girl in n somnambulisticstate cut her own hair.Miss Hnnloy admits that she dreamedthat sho had shorn her tresses, whichwere found in a teapot on ft shelf with theshears.The girl, who Is one of the most popularin tho school, says she will not remain ntMadison, but will return home. To-dayshe refused to leave her room and fainted,several times when looking into the mirrorsho found her brown locks gone.Miss Han ley traces hor dream back toseeing another girl bike off some hairbefore retiring.CHINA REMEMBERS THE DAY.Message of Greeting to 17. N. In Honor ofthe Father of Democracy.Washington, Feb. 22. Tho State Department received this message to-dayfrom the Nankin Provisional Governmentof Chinu:"Republic of China sends hearty greetings to sister of China across Pacific inhonor of birthdny of Father of Democracy." The message was signed by WangChung Hul. Minister or Foreign Affairsin the Nankin Provisional Government.The message will bo treated as an informal and unofficial communication by theState Department owing to the dellcatonature of tho relations of the Powers totho de facto authorities of China pendingultimate recognition of a thoroughgoinggovernment of the whole country.Any official reply on the part of thoUnited States might involve the question of this country having recognizclthe Nankin Provisional Government.TO SHOOT DOG TO FIND RING.Pit)-, of Course, but It Is MUs Jarobs'sKngagement Ring.Alice Jacobs of 9 Secoud avenue, whohas been looking for her engagementring since last Wednesday, 'has somohopes that tho trinket will be foundIn the vitals of her two-inonths-oldIUPPJ which Is to he shot to-day byn policeman from headquarters. Shereported her loss to the police lastnight and nsked for n volunteer toshoot her pup. Sho has already calledu doctor nnd tried household remedieswithout convicting the pup.CARDINAL FARLEY TO REST.Will Take u Three Weeks Vacation InFlorida to Ilulld I'p Ills' Strength.Cardinal Farley will leave New Yorkthis afternoon for a threo weeks restand vacation in Florida. He will spendpurt of that tinw at Pajm IVaoh probably.Ills secretary will accompany him.For sevoral years Cardinal Farley hasplaced the time for his vacation at thebeginning of Lent, when the social demands upon him were not so pressing.This year his medical adviser has suggested that the vacation bo taken asearly as possible because the Cardinal isfatigued from the celebration incidentto his return from Rome,The Cardinal has entirely recoveredfrom his illness, a cold which kept himIn bed for several days, but It was saidyesterday that ho needed a rest andchange.BOMBS IN TAXI STRIKE.Nine Cabs Partially Wrecked In ParisPolice Officials Hurt.Sptciol Cabtt Dispatch to Tim Sen.Paius, Feb. 22, Violence was resumedto-day by the striking taxicab drivers.Bomb wero exploded under tho scatsot nine machines, partially wreckingthorn.M. Ferriere, assistant director of theMunicipal Laboratory, und a policemanwere slightly injured in the ufternoonby tho explosion of a bomb under a taxicab. .The strike has now been on since November 28 and more than 6,000 motor cabs aroidle. Few cabB, exoept those owned bytheir' chauffeurs, ply in tho streets.Neither side BhOwB any tendency to give in,MANY DIE IN MINE FIRE.Number Caged In Burning Shaft Estimated at From 20 to 40,Ltilliaii, Okla., Fob. 22. Betweentwenty and forty miners employed ina inino ot tho Wichita Coal and MiningCompany, a mile east of Lehigh, losttheir lives to-day when fire broke outIn mine No. 5.At 9 o'clock six bodies had been removed nnd tho work was still beingpushed,Tho fire in the mlno continues and itIs not believed that any of those withinthe shaft can be alive. Tho number Isestimated variously by different officialsof tho company.When the fire was discovered wordwas sent through the mine and morethan 100 walked out, or overcome bysmoke, were carried out by rescuers.BO NEW YORK TO FACiriO COASTLehlin Valley nallroad. Uax. l to Apr. U.-AtiGOLD FROM SANDAND KERQ GASStock Exchange Members FindThey Were Dealing WithEx-ConvictAND A WONDER MACHINESupposed Plain Sand yieldsGold in the Manipulation. SHARES FOR SALE? 0, YES1.034 Acres of Adirondack BarrensFigure ns n Luscious'Klondike.STATE GEOLOGIST WARNSSlock Exchange, House Withdraws WithDiligent'' lis. Offer of Kcrufias Stock.A complaint has been made to the authorities of the New York Stock Exchangeconcerning the association of EdwardH. Jewell and Albert H. Gross, two members of the exchange, in enterprises promoted by Henry Clay Russell Wade, anex-convict with a long history, Thessenterprises aro the manufacture of amachino that is supposed to extract goldfrom Adirondack sands in paying quantities and of another to extract illuminateing gas from kerosene.The complaint to tho exchange authorities was followed Immediately by assurances from Mr. Jewell that his firm ofJewell A Stringer or 40 Exchange placehad sold no gas machine stock as a resultof n letter the firm sent out offering alimited amount at $80 a share, and by thefurther statement of Mr. Jewell that hewould havo nothing more to do with thecompanies unless Wade was eliminated.Mr. Gross, formerly of Gross A Kloeberg.is u son-in-law of James Seligman, thebanker, and is president of both theue con-,cerns, the Twentieth Century Gold Ex-,trading Company and tho Kero-GksCompany. He also has assured the exchange authorities that he didn't knowWade's record when he entered into business relations-wtth him and that Wademust go.The investigation discloses that ae a result of the supposed miraculous power ofthe gas machine:, which is the inventionot Col. W. F. Mason McOarty, an inventoralso with a history, dozens of concernshavo started up again to sell stock In theAdriondcok gold scheme, which are operating on so extensive n scale that D. H.Newland, Assistant State Geologist ofNew York, hus issued a warning to thepublic to Ieuve the Adirondack proposition alone,PBOP. LOCKE BATS HIS NAME WAS MISUSED.There is also disclosed the use of thename of Prof. Charles E. Locke, assist-.,ant professor of mining engineering andmetallurgy nt tho Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, in advertising tho gold extracting machino and tlie Adirondackgold sand scheme, although a letterwritten by Prof. Locke to Tiik Sun indicates that sucli use was improper. Thesuggestion of frRUd is made in another'letter written by Prof. Looko.Mr. Jewell explained to The Sd.v yes-,terday thnt he entered Into relationswith Wudo without looking up his recordbecause the man's assurance and manner'of speaking impressed him."He could look you straight in the eyeand toll you a story that was absolutelyconvincing," said Mr. Jewell. "Even after Ihad his record I wesn't sure but that therewas somo mistake until I sent up to therogues' gallery and got the police picture.""The Sun whs assured by Mr. Jowellthat whllo his firm did offer stock in thoKero-Gns Company to the publia it immediately withdrew tho letter nnd refueod'to sell nny stock when Wado's history,became known, nnd that thore is no in-'tention to offer stock to the public 'In the.Twentieth Century Gold Extracting Company, ns It is to lie a close corporationand only tho friends of Mr, Jewell andMr. Gross arc interested in it. It waslearned, however, that sovoral men ofmeans In Wall Street wore about to takea large interest in the company, whenthey took the precaution to look up Wade'shistory.Mr. Jewell isn't absolutely convincedthat the gold extracting machine will bea success or thnt It will tako from $15 to5u it ton of gold out of the Adirondacksands; but if it will do all that Col. MoCarty, the Inventor, 'says it will he believes it will be u success and will makethe men interested in It wealthy. lieIsn't so confident now that the Kero-GasCompany will bo a sucoesa, since themachino manufactured by the companywas patented by Wade himself, and heprefers to withhold n final opinion on that.COL. M 'carty, INVm.TOB.The inventor or the gold extractingmachino, Col. W. F. Mason MoCarty, callhimself a consulting engineer and hasan office at 122 Liberty street. In thatoffico Henry Clay Russell Wnde is usuallyto be found. It Is tho headquarters oftho Twentieth Century Gold ExtractingCompany, Tho bulletin board of thebuilding shojvs that Alfred C. Copp ofBoston, who has been promoting the biggest Adirondack gold proposition forseveral years, also has his office therewhen ho Is in town. It was tho activityof Copp that caused Assistant StateGeologist Newland to Issue his warningto the public.Col. McCarty is 70 years old. His alightdeafness was caused, so Mr. Jewell understood him to say, by the explosion ofJapanese shells in the siege of Port Arthur,where he was in command of a companyof Itusalan engineers. Col. MoCarty tolda Hon reporter that his Rusaian war ex-'perlence waa In the Russo-Turklah war.!